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BIBLE STUDIES There might seem little connexion between the subject for the past year and that which is before us for next year, but the above thoughts show a similar application to matters touching the Tabernacle. The Israelite with eager eyes might be gazing at the place where Jehovah was dwelling, but he had to come down in his thoughts to what he was, and to consider the sin-offering which was so needful for him. The priest that went into the Holy Place and set eyes on things that moved him to the core of his being (or so we fain would think) would, on his return journey, pass once again the laver and the altar at which the sin-offering was being offered.

The inter-play of light and shade gives charm to many a landscape, and there is something of this which gives a charm to the Scriptures ; side by side are the instructions for a holy service and instructions for dealing with the contamination from earthly things. May we all profit thereby !

I wish to take this opportunity of thanking all readers of this magazine for their kind thoughts to me throughout this year, and for their prayers.

These have been a comfort to me, together with the knowledge that men

of a rising generation were not behind their spiritual forefathers in a longing for spirituality and all godly living. -- A. T. D.

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